What bothers you about modern gaming?

I get the feeling that some games have been dumbed down to appeal to a broader audience, which typically wouldn't bother me, except that some solid franchises are not as good as they used to be. Hitman: Absolution is one game that comes to mind. In past games you had to rely on stealth to beat a level, pick the right gear, and make sure to be quick witted. In H:A, you can't choose your loadout, and they have made Agent 47 into a Jason Bourne clone, who can destroy 5-6 enemies on screen without hesitation. Its now more stealth-action than pure stealth, which is a joke to anyone who is a fan of the series.

Madden also irks me. The entire Xbox 360/PS3 generation was very forgettable, seemingly a cash in to make money instead of putting forward the best possible product. 12, 13 and 25, all took the steps in the right direction, but it was too little, too late.

Sequels and the console wars.
There are some great sequels, but I am tired of hearing about them every E3. As far being bothered by the consoles wars, they're childish and rarely have good arguments for or against a console.

I wouldn't go that far, at least with the games I play. One reason I stopped playing the MGS series was how crazy MGS 2 was. Play 5 minutes, watch 5-10 minute cut scene, repeat. I prefer games like Oblivion and Skyrim, which tell their story as you're playing, or take short breaks for dialogue in which you are choosing the path, etc.

I wish more companies would take the Rockstar approach. Spend years making a great game, release it, start working on the next one but also wait 5+ years and release several other titles before you drop the next iteration. Had to get burned out.

6-13 year olds buying mature rated games like GTA5 even though their fucking parents know better than that, GTA5 basically raped the news, saying "DONT BUY THIS FUCKING GAME FOR YOUR FUCKING KID", but what do i see the first week of playing Black Ops 2, GTA5, Last of Us, Uncharted 3, Halo 4, etc. online? Children, loud children with terrible mics everywhere.

Other than that, i have no problem with the actual games, there are so many different genres and games, that there couldnt possibility be anything wrong with modern gaming as a whole

One thing that bugged me about the whole Watch Dogs thing is the amount of coverage and info for this game which in turn made it super overhyped and then it was all drawn out because of the delays and it turned out to be relatively mediocre. I just hate all the coverage and delays of games which leads to more coverage. I don't need an article on the resolution and FPS of every different game on every different system and I dont need the details on what games are getting a season pass for what price and what it comes with, it's just so over-saturated.

I'm mostly into sports and fps. These have become money grabbers, a general lack of effort too. They now are created for everybody and since that is they do things like one button modes which are a waste of time when they could work on the core of the game.

One thing that bugged me about the whole Watch Dogs thing is the amount of coverage and info for this game which in turn made it super overhyped

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Watch Dogs seem cool but as a advanced video game player, I felt Watch Dogs was go be over rated from the beginning because of what I saw from games like Final Fantasy XIII-1&2, Grand Theft Auto 4, and Red Dead Redemption

Day 1 DLC
On disc DLC
Pay 2 win
Microtransactions in a full 60 dollar title
Pre-orders
Rereleases a year after the fact
Removing backwards compatibility in order to force rereleases down people's throats or they have to lug around 20 pounds of useless shit that they could've sold
Honestly even though I exclusively use Steam now I hate digital media. It isn't reliable enough, I don't own what I bought, and with internet speeds/caps/etc it isn't feasible for some people

Every game seems to have one or more of those things. The last one isn't really a negative, more of a concern. In short, fuck gaming. Crash you cocksuckers, and learn your lesson not to rip people off.

Remember Me is a game I enjoyed a lot, but there is no way I would have paid $60 for it. I played it when it was included with Playstation Plus

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I downloaded it on PS+ as well and got to the first part where you have to rewind time and remove certain things to kill some lady. It was so tedious and frustrating that I deleted the entire game all together.

Short games (unless it has really good multiplayer), games being too easy and dumbed down, game series completely losing sight of what made it good in the first place (RE, dead space, etc.), microtransactions and all the free-to-play-not-really bullshit, terrible balancing.
Yeah that's about it for me.